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| Nand Flash hitting turbulent times |
6/30/2005 |
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NAND-based flash memory market has finally experienced some tough and turbulent times, following a disappointing demand for flash-based MP3 players.
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| Samsung develop fastest DDR3 chip |
6/29/2005 |
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Samsung has developed what is claims is the industry's fastest 2-Gbits-per-second (Gbps) 90nm 512-Mbit graphics double data rate 3.
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| Intel to cut price on Celeron |
6/29/2005 |
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Intel plans to cut the prices of its desktop-use Celeron D processors 5.4-13.5% on July 24, according to PC makers
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| HP ships Biometric Laptop |
6/28/2005 |
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Biometric technology is taking another leap toward widespread usage as Hewlett-Packard ships new laptops with fingerprint readers.
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| Elpida gets seat on Power Tech board |
6/24/2005 |
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Elpida said it has been outsourcing its back-end process for DRAM manufacturing to PTI and this appointment is seen by the companies as an enhancement to the partnership.
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| Micron reports first loss in 5 years |
6/24/2005 |
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The Boise, Idaho-based company also reported a net loss of $128 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to net income of $118 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for fiscal Q2.
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| Infineon CEO: No memory spin-off |
6/24/2005 |
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The spin-off denial contradicts a previous report in Handelsblatt which said Infineon was mulling an IPO of the DRAM unit later in 2005.
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| Winbond takes over Flash company |
6/24/2005 |
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Already a producer of low-density parallel flash memory products, Winbond aims to build an offering in serial flash memory products, which are lower in cost and popular in low densities for products such as printers, wireless LANs, set-top boxes, DVD drives, DSL and cable modems.
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| Microsoft plans to de-throne Symbian on mobile OS |
6/24/2005 |
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The next milestone is clawing its way to the front of the smartphone pack. Zhang reckons Microsoft can do it within the next three years, but that could be a tough sell, given that Symbian currently has 76 percent of the smart mobile device market.
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| ATI restates projection |
6/23/2005 |
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Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies Inc. today knocked $50 million off its Q4 revenue projection, as it reported results for what it termed a challenging fiscal Q3.
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| AMD rolls out Turion 64 for mobile systems |
6/23/2005 |
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“We have chosen to incorporate the latest AMD Turion 64 mobile technology in our new business notebook PC in order to offer our customers a true choice in high-performance mobile computing that delivers an outstanding business value without sacrificing security, reliability and ease of use.”
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| UMC chairman to step down in 2007 |
6/23/2005 |
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The move comes as Tsao faces increasing pressure from a criminal investigation into allegedly illegal investment by UMC in Chinese foundry He Jian Technology Corp. Tsao was questioned earlier this month, but no charges were filed against him.
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| China delays 3G licensing to wait for TD-SCDMA |
6/23/2005 |
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The blame is being put on TD-SCDMA, the domestic standard that China wants to deploy alongside wideband-CDMA and CDMA2000 1X. Yet while the latter two are ready to go, the former is still teething.
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| Elpida made 2Gb DRAM |
6/23/2005 |
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Elpida intends to create 4-Gbyte and 8-Gbyte capacity DDR2 modules intended for high-end computers, using the devices.
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